Messier 11

Messier 11

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The rich Wild Duck open star cluster Messier 11 stands out prominently in this

great image, created by David Malin from photographic plates taken with the

3.9-meter Anglo-Australian Telescope.

Note the bright yellow and red stars, which are intermediate-aged giants.

Their occurance suggests that the cluster must have an age of several hundred

million years.

.. more info on this image to be added here soon

This images is copyrighted and may be used for private purpose

only. For any other kind of use, including internet mirroring and storing on

CD-ROM, please contact

Coral Cooksley of the

Anglo Australian Observatory.

• David Malin’s information on this image

• This image was

  features as Astronomical Picture of the Day for July 7 1998

• More images by David Malin
• More images of M11

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Christine Kronberg

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Last Modification: 2 Aug 1999, 22:50 MET